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[Python-Dev] Mini-Pep: An Empty String ABC

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> So, apart from compatibility purposes, what is the
> point currently of *not* directly subclassing str?

To provide your own storage format, such as a views into existing data.

Whether or not this is actually practical is a different question;
plenty C code tends to assume it can use the internals of str
directly, which breaks on even some subclasses.

-jJ

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